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Next, you must specifythe left space and the last print column of the
character.
Beingable to specifythe widthof the characterallowsyou to specifythe
precisearea insidethe grid that thecharacter willoccupy, sothat narrow
charactemwilllookattractivenextto wide ones.
Acceptablevaluesfortheleftspace areOto 7,and thelast printcolumnare
from4to 11.
Ourcharacterwilloccupyfrom column1to column11,so the leftspace is
Oandthe characterwidthdata is 11.
Assigningthe characterdata
Now,wecalculatetheverticalnumericalvaluesofthecolumnsof dots,and
enterthemunderneaththegrid.For example,lookingatFigure5-3, we sec
thatintheleft-mostcolumntherearefivedots,andtheyaresittinginthe“64”
box,“32’’box,“16”box,“8”box,and“4”box.Thusitsverticalvalueis124.
In thenext column,thereis no dot straddlingthe verticalline;its valueis
recordedasO.
ASCIIcode:
Descender:7
Lastcolumn: 77
rrI()=Descender xIzx
+(Leftx16)
+Last
724 66 64 76 76 0
0 4 36 2 72
Figure5-3. Add the values of the dots in each column and write the sum of each column at the bottom
Youwillsee theletters ml, m2,m3,etc., areaboveyour values.Whenyou
definethecharacter,youwill substituteyourvalueforeachof theseletters.
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